What can you do if your passions are not your strengths?

One central theme of phillis wheatley's "on being brought from africa to america" is that

If the imperial dynasty had continued to rule china, it is most likely that a) the economy would have improved rather than weakened b) european nations would have gotten more of a foothold in china c) revolutionary groups would not have gained any power in the country d) communism would not have received support among the poor

However the economy continued to grow because of